Q1) _________ are used on the inactive leaf of a pair of doors to lock the door in place.

Answer: flush bolt

Q2) Allow movement between slab and fixed parts of the building such as columns, walls, and
machinery bases.

Answer: Isolation Joints

Q3) Which of the following building types typically has the highest mechanical and electrical
construction costs?

Answer: General care hospital

Q4) Which of the following is the appropriate waterproofing to use on the exposed interior side of a
foundation wall?

Answer: Hydrolytic

Q5) If concrete remains in a transit mixer longer than is recommended by ASTM C94, what should be
done?

Answer: The concrete should be rejected.

Q6) An imaginary line passing through the centroid of the cross section of a beam or other member
subject to bending, along which no bending stress occur.

Answer: Neutral Axis

Q7) A special kind of excavator which dogs long, narrow ditches for pipelines or cables.

Answer: Trencher

Q8) When renovating an existing building, which of the following materials may contain asbestos?
Answer: Asphalt tile

Q9) If 2 x 12s are priced at Php8,925/1,000 board feet, what is the price for one 10-footlong 2 x 12?

Answer: Php178.5

Q10) The vernacular term for Stringer (Open).

Answer: Hardinera

Q11) The actual pressure developed between a footing and the supporting soil mass, equal to the
quotient of the magnitude of the forces transmitted and the area of contact.

Answer: Soil Pressure

Q12) The Filipino term for bottom chord is _______.

Answer: barakilan

Q13) A wood or metal piece used to fasten together the ends of two members with nails or bolts.

Answer: Fishplate

Q14) The appearance of waterborne salts on the face of masonry is called ________.

Answer: efflorescence

Q15) A polyurethane product made by combining a polyisocyanete and a polyester resin.

Answer: formed-in place insulation

Q16) Which of the following window types provides the LEAST amount of natural ventilation area for a
given rough-opening size?
Answer: Double-hung

Q17) According to model building codes, the time that materials or assemblies must withstand exposure
to a fire is called ___________.

Answer: fire-resistance rating

Q18) A horizontal member which ties together two opposite common rafters, usually at a point about
halfway up the rafters.

Answer: collar beam

Q19) The vernacular term for Nicolite Bar.

Answer: Estanyo

Q20) The vernacular term for Fascia Board.

Answer: Senepa

Q21) A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in order to
splice them together.

Answer: Scab

Q22) Which of the following are design strategies for sustainable architecture?

I. Design for energy transition

II. Design with a combination of materials and components

III. Design for building recycling

IV. Design for building expansion

Answer: I, III, and IV only

Q23) The vernacular term for Column.

Answer: Halige

Q24) The Filipino term for purlin is ________.

Answer: reostra

Q25) Which of the following is the recommended depth of saw-cut control joints relative to slab
thickness?

Answer: 25%

Q1) In integrated system of underground or overhead piping or both connected to a source of

extinguishing agent or medium which when actuated by its automatic detecting device suppresses fire.

Answer: Automatic fire suppression system

Q2) This type of footing maybe used in place of a combined footing under the same condition. Footings
of the interior and the exterior columns are connected by a tie beam.

Answer: cantilevered footing

Q3) The vernacular term for Purlin.

Answer: Reostra

Q4) Which of the following is the recommended depth of saw-cut control joints relative to slab
thickness?

Answer: 25%
Q5) A common paint film defect where progressive powdering from the surface inward occurs. It is
called:

Answer: checking

Q6) A reinforced concrete beam distributing the horizontal forces from an eccentrically load pile cap or
spread footing to other pile caps or footings.

Answer: Tie beam

Q7) Which of the following materials is no longer used for manufacturing chalkboards?

Answer: Integrally colored cement asbestos

Q8) The vernacular term ESTAKA means:

Answer: Stake

Q9) To turn back water whenever joints occur in which dissimilar materials come together, it is
necessary to provide ______.

Answer: flashing material

Q10) A Portland cement concrete to which chemical foam is added to generate gases in the process of
deposition, resulting in lightweight pre-cast or shop-made unit in both hallow and solid forms.

Answer: Aerocrete

Q11) The hardware on a door to accommodate the knob and lockset keyhole.

Answer: escutcheon
Q12) The stress beyond which a marked increase in strain occurs in a material without a concurrent
increase in stress.

Answer: Yield Point

Q13) The vernacular term for Collar Plate.

Answer: Sinturon

Q14) The vernacular term for Laying of CHB is _____.

Answer: Asintada

Q15) Which of the following includes the four major types of ceramic tile as grouped by the Tile Council
of America (TCA)?

Answer: Glazed wall, mosaic, quarry, and paving

Q16) The vernacular term for Projection.

Answer: Bolada

Q17) A roof truss having two vertical posts between the rafters and the tie beam.

Answer: queen-post truss

Q18) The ability of a structure, when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium by an applied load, to
developed internal forces or moments that restore the original condition.

Answer: Stability

Q19) Butt splice made by arc-welding the butted ends of two reinforcing bars.
Answer: Welded splice

Q20) The vernacular term for Stringer (Open).

Answer: Hardinera

Q21) The vernacular term REBOCADA means:

Answer: Scratch Coat

Q22) It’s a favorite wood for flooring and window sills; furniture’s and cabinet work; used for bridges
and wharves and other permanent structure.

Answer: kalamansanai

Q23) The potential high-shearing stress developed by the reactive force of a column on a reinforce slab.

Answer: Punching Shear

Q24) A polyurethane product made by combining a polyisocyanete and a polyester resin.

Answer: formed-in place insulation

Q25) It is a type of hard board light brown in color and has a fairly hard, smooth surface on one side and
a screened impression on the other.

Answer: Standard Hard board

Q1) mortar containing a considering amount of water so that it has the consistency of a viscous liquid,
permitting it to be poured or pumped into joints, spaces, and cracks within masonry walls and floors,
between pieces of ceramic tiles, and into joints between performed roof deck units.

Answer: grout
Q2) A principal member of the truss which extends from one end to the other primarily to resist bending
is a ________.

Answer: chord

Q3) A joint formed by overlapping the edges of metal sheet or plated and joining them by riveting,
soldering or brazing is a ______.

Answer: lap seam

Q4) The vernacular term for Stud (Vertical).

Answer: Pilarete

Q5) OSHA regulates which of the following?

Answer: Project safety procedures

Q6) These are corner stones at the angle of the building, usually rusticated so as to project from the
normal surface of the wall.

Answer: Soldier

Q7) Which of the following is an advantage of posttensioned concrete over pretensioned and precast
concrete?

Answer: Heavy abutments are not required.

Q8) In integrated system of underground or overhead piping or both connected to a source of

extinguishing agent or medium which when actuated by its automatic detecting device suppresses fire.

Answer: Automatic fire suppression system

Q9) A Portland cement concrete to which chemical foam is added to generate gases in the process of
deposition, resulting in lightweight pre-cast or shop-made unit in both hallow and solid forms.
Answer: Aerocrete

Q10) Which of the following types of paint gloss is referred to as “low sheen”?

Answer: Eggshell

Q11) The vernacular term for Column.

Answer: Halige

Q12) Which of the following types of paint gloss is referred to as “low sheen”?

Answer: Eggshell

Q13) A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed, or screwed to two butting pieces in order to
splice them together.

Answer: Scab

Q14) A process which employs an electric arc, wherein energy in the form of heat is supplied by
establishing an arc between the base or parent metal and a metal electrode.

Answer: fusion welding

Q15) A joint formed when a concrete surface hardens before the next batch of concrete is placed
against it is ______.

Answer: cold joint

Q16) Refers to the continuous vertical section of a wall that is one masonry unit in thickness.

Answer: wythe

Q17) The vernacular term for Stringer (Closed).

Answer: Madre de Escalera

Q18) The Filipino term for horizontal stud.

Answer: Pabalagbag

Q19) The vernacular term for Girder.

Answer: Guililan

Q20) A form of brick bond in which each course is alternately composed of entirely of headers or of
stretchers is known as ________.

Answer: flemish bond

Q21) Division 9.

Answer: Finishes

Q22) The vernacular term for Nail Setter.

Answer: Punsol

Q23) Which of the following building types typically has the highest mechanical and electrical
construction costs?

Answer: General care hospital

Q24) A large shoveling machine that can scoop or deposit a large amount of material.

Answer: Front-end Loader

Q25) An anchoring device having an expandable socket that swells as a bolt is tightened into it; used in
masonry walls for attaching timbers.
Answer: Expansion bolts